I saw a lot of charts posted last night from various parts of the land and they all had a line going straight up on the far right. The one this morning for the OC still has a bit of a slope to it. I’m usually glass half-full or at the very least “glass has X ml of water in it,” but there’s a strong likelyhood we’ll see the local positivity rate shoot up in the next few days.
It’s probably over five percent as I write this. Here’s a handy explainer from Johns Hopkins on what that means and why ramping up testing is important. Here’s what the piece says to do if you are in an area with a high positivity rate:
Good luck everybody.